YTSEJAM Digest 3683 Today's Topics: 1) Re: Jason Becker (live shows??) by Marcel Berkhout 2) Re: Fasten Your Seatbelts Bootleg Review by Rogerio Brito 3) Re: DT exposure by Rogerio Brito 4) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3681 (kiss bashing) by AEllis1222 5) Re: DT exposure by The iban 6) Re: KiSS by The iban 7) Re: YTSEJAM digest 3682 by "Richard A. Rivera" 8) Re: Hollow Years single by email_address_removed (Charles) 9) DT Lyric interpretations by JKorby1973 10) Petrucci on J Becker. by Mauricio Martinez Villarreal 11) Liquit Tension Experiment - What's behind the name? by "reuben" 12) LTE backlog by Eric Desobe 13) fave LTE track..... by Joe DeAngelo 14) Re: LTE backlog by graham boyle 15) Re: Liquit Tension Experiment - What's behind the name? by The iban 16) Yanni: Tribute World Tour. by "KorgX3" 17) KI$$ (NDTC) by Kevin Madden 18) Re: Yanni: Tribute World Tour. by email_address_removed (Carlos Alfaro) 19) Encyclopedias, Chemistry, Bafu Vai & Progressive Rock by Rogerio Brito ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 18:27:48 +0100 From: Marcel Berkhout To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Jason Becker (live shows??) Message-ID: <351D3314.72BAF7A9@xs4all.nl> > Jason Becker is, to borrow a line from Madsman, "no doubt the coolest > overall guitarist/musician/overall human being on the planet". He and > Marty Friedman released two shredfest albums as Cacophony, then Jason > released his own solo album, "Perpetual Burn", raising the bar of > progressive shred metal guitar even higher. His musicianship and playing > were astounding -- even though he was only 18 years old [snip] Hi all, With all this talk about Jason, I was wondering if any of had Jason solo or Cacophony live shows? I have the following myself: Cacophony NAMM, Los Angeles, Ca. 00-00-87 (first ever Cacophony show!) Cacophony Tokyo, Japan 00-00-89 Cacophony San Fransisco, Ca. 05-05-89 All 70 minutes long. On the first show, they also play Eleven (B?)lue Egyptians from Jason's solo album! Please let me know if there's more. Thanks, Marcel ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:10:05 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Fasten Your Seatbelts Bootleg Review Message-ID: On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, graham boyle wrote: > Yesterday I recieved a new DT bootleg called 'Fasten Your Seatbelts' > 2 CD, recorded in Boston, MA, 13-12-97. > The bootleg was recorded and put together by jammer Nick Bogovich. > The boot contains the full FII show plus 5 FII demo's. The 5 FII demos were taken from "my" "FII Demos". :-) BTW, I agree that Nick has put a very good bootleg and the price that he is charging for that bootleg is something unbelieveable. Only $25 for a 2CD set! And it includes Rush's YYZ in the middle of "Metropolis", the "Fasten Your Seatbelts" Ytsejam, "Voices", the eletric version of "Hollow Years" and much more. It's from a very energetic show, and should be heard by everyone. They (DT) even make some mistakes and you've got to hear that (in the middle of PMU). The sound quality is fair for an audience boot (hey, Nick recorded it himself). I don't think that I could do a better job for this amount of money. > The FII demo's are great too, with an improvement on the quality of > the one's found on the net. :-) > Nick has done a great job with this, I hope he makes another bootleg in > the future.... I agree that he has done a really great job with this boot. In other words: GET THIS CD! :-) > graham BTW, I've now finally heard the 1st DTIFC CD. :-) Thanks Graham, You're so cool.. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - email_address_removed.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:12:10 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: DT exposure Message-ID: On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Matt Halloran wrote: > Okay this may seem a bit out there but I think the best band for DT to open > for would be Dave Matthews Band. Seriously if you took half of DMB songs > and added crunchy distortion it would be a prog song. Ya know What i > mean?...Plus DMB has a large following of fans, who I believe to be fairly > openminded about music, at least all the ones I have talked to are cool. Who is Dave Matthews Band? Are they worth checking? (I'm serious here). > Also I have the 'A Kick Into a Dream' boot and I was wondering how it > stands up to other boots in sound quality and music in general. Not the best sound quality, but very good. > Matt Halloran []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - email_address_removed.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 13:57:48 EST From: AEllis1222 To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3681 (kiss bashing) Message-ID: <<>> Yup, me! I got into them in the 6th grade (1989). Saw them on the Revenge Tour, On the Convention tour, Ace and Peter on the Bad Boys tour, and 5 times on the reunion tour! I remember when I was 13, I thought Ace Frehley was the fastest guitar player ever! But I still love them. Sometimes ya just need a break from Prog and Shred. It clears the mind, good old rock and roll! ---Art The Official Joe Stump Website http://www.joestump.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:06:36 EST From: The iban To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: DT exposure Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-28 06:22:55 EST, you write: << Okay this may seem a bit out there but I think the best band for DT to open for would be Dave Matthews Band. Seriously if you took half of DMB songs and added crunchy distortion it would be a prog song. Ya know What i mean?...Plus DMB has a large following of fans, who I believe to be fairly openminded about music, at least all the ones I have talked to are cool. >> DMB is awesome, especially the drummer, if you have ever heard them live, outside of their first live CD, then you would rate thier drummer right upthere with mike portnoy, i sure as hell would. Rocky ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:14:21 EST From: The iban To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: KiSS Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-28 12:03:44 EST, you write: << For God's sake, stop bashing KISS! All of you that say that you grew up on 80's metal (incl. myself), you should know better! >> KISS = Knights In Satan's Service they are devil worshiping heathens who threaten the very souls of our children and must be stopped!! BASH BASH BASH BASH just kidding, don't yell at me... Rocky ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:33:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 3682 Message-ID: On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 email_address_removed wrote: > i'm sure FII sales will be higher than I&W they have more fans now then they > did back then. and they have more copies in stores now then they did back > then. Just a little point: sales are calculated on the basis of albums SOLD, not SHIPPED. Just because a lot albums are in the store means nothing, except that if someone wants to buy the album they can. Now we just have to get the rest of the world to buy it. Richie P.S. As far as KISS goes, love them or hate them, you cannot deny their influence on popular music, both sonically and from a business perspective. Personally, I like them, though I only own one of the MANY greatest hits albums they've put out. KISS is one of those bands that I've never really gotten into for fear that if I like them too much, I'll have to go out and buy all their albums. Cheap Trick is another example of this. My wallet just can't take it. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 12:43:05 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Charles) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Hollow Years single Message-ID: > >Also, can anyone confirm the delaying of the 3/17 Hollow Years single? I'm >looking for ANY official word about the release date and track listing. All >this speculation is KILLING me! :-) > I am holding it in my hands, if that is official enough! ha ha. I picked up my copy today (3/28). I had the local record shop order one for me. The live version of Another Hand is killer, I wish I could have been at this show!!!!!!!!!!!!! The first time I heard Burning My Soul (complete with hell's kitchen in the middle) was on this CD and it's awesome!!!! Too bad they chopped it up on the album. If you can't find the single try looking in Goldmine. I picked up the 4/10 issue of GM today and their must be at least 4 or 5 dealers advertising the Japanese single + the UK version. I did get an extra copy if anyone wants to do some trading. For what its worth I also have an extra copy of the Silent Man UK cd single (still sealed) too. -Charles ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:47:53 EST From: JKorby1973 To: email_address_removed Subject: DT Lyric interpretations Message-ID: Greetings fellow prog-heads!! I was just wondering what many of you thought about the lyric content of DT's songs. Many of their songs are somewhat easy to interpret, as far as their meaning, like Another Day, Take/Time, Take Away My Pain, New M.,Innocense Faded, Pull Me Under, etc. But I've always wondered what others' interpretations were of songs like Under A Glass Moon, 6:00, Metropolis Pt.1, Trial of Tears, A Change Of Seasons, etc. Looking forward to some cool ideas! Catch you later. Justin ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 15:02:24 -0600 (CST) From: Mauricio Martinez Villarreal To: ytsejam Subject: Petrucci on J Becker. Message-ID: Hi all, i just wanted to comment about this: I recently got Jason Beckers "Perspective", and i found it very inspirating and very cool record, with some very emotional songs in it. I read on a guitar school magazine, in the listening room section, that Petrucci said that the Becker song "End of The Begginning" was very congested musically speaking, wasnt breathing either, and that this way, the emotional content of the song could not be delivered properly. Well, upon hearing that song some times now, i have to disagree with JP. I found that song very emotional, especially with Michael Lee Firkins playing, who i think has a flawless technique, and has some damn finesse in every note he plays. Plus, every time i hear that song, i m like moved emotionally, and i get a weird feeling, i cannot describe what it is. How do you guys like this song or record? Mauricio ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 09:55:56 -0800 From: "reuben" To: Subject: Liquit Tension Experiment - What's behind the name? Message-ID: Hi all, Does anybody know or have any guesses as to what the title "The Liquid Tension Experiment" means? My only guess is that it's in reference to Niels Bohr... and may be symbolic of the first work of a genius. --Reuben ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 17:33:12 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Desobe To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: LTE backlog Message-ID: I order LTE (and Kindness of Strangers) from CDNOW but both are backlogged. Anyone had any previous experiences with being backlogged by CDNOW in terms of how long they take to get titles in? Let me know, thanks. -Eric ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 17:56:16 -0500 From: Joe DeAngelo To: YTSEJAM Subject: fave LTE track..... Message-ID: >> Subject: LTE favorite >> What's your favorite track on LTE? Universal Mind, and Paradigm Shift. Kindred Spirits would be my third favorite. The whole damn thing rocks, though. -Joe DeAngelo ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 09:08:02 +1000 From: graham boyle To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: LTE backlog Message-ID: Eric Desobe wrote: > I order LTE (and Kindness of Strangers) from CDNOW but both are > backlogged. Anyone had any previous experiences with being backlogged by > CDNOW in terms of how long they take to get titles in? Let me know, Er why not mail CDnow and ask them :) ? ]From my experiences it usually is only a few days. graham ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 18:43:10 EST From: The iban To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Liquit Tension Experiment - What's behind the name? Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-28 17:12:23 EST, you write: << Hi all, Does anybody know or have any guesses as to what the title "The Liquid Tension Experiment" means? My only guess is that it's in reference to Niels Bohr... and may be symbolic of the first work of a genius. --Reuben >> who is Niels Bohr?? maybe i'll find that in the progressive rock encyclopedia =] Rocky ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:56:31 -0700 From: "KorgX3" To: Subject: Yanni: Tribute World Tour. Message-ID: <01bd5aa5$21941b20$message_id_removed> Hey, folks, Considering a few people on here are Yanni fans (and there are probably a ton that aren't), I thought I'd just say that whether you think he's a cream puff or what, any person who wants to see a handful of awesome musicians oughtta go check him out. The whole show was great. It was him and his 40+ piece orchestra and has something for everyone. Karen Briggs: Violin player. This chick's style is a combination of classical Paganini and Kentucky fiddlin'. And fast? Holy Shnikies! Ramon Stagnaro: Guitar. He comes from Peru and you can tell. Damn good guitar player who utilizes his South American musical heritage. Lotsa rad spanish guitar stuff. Pedro Eustache: Flautist. He must play about every flute in existance, not to mention he plays saxophone well enough to make Kenny G turn gansta rapper. I used to make fun of flute players until now. Ming Freeman: Keyboards. Magnanimous. This guy's up there with Jordan Rudess. Ric Fierrabracci: Bass. He's not an in your face player, but his tone was damn sweet. I think he used to play for Tower of Power or something like that. Joel Taylor: Drums. Mr. Cymbal. He's the Mike Portnoy of the pop music world. I about wet my pants during his drum solo. Danny Reyes, Percussion. This guy is Neil Peart on congos. The whole show was just 3 hours of musical masterbation. The whole Tribute album makes all of Yanni's old stuff sound unfurbished. I suggest any open minded musician pick it up. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled jamming. --KorgX3 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 19:08:34 -0500 From: Kevin Madden To: email_address_removed Subject: KI$$ (NDTC) Message-ID: Some guy spooging over Kiss wrote: >As a footnote, I've met Mike a couple of times, and both times he's worn a >KISS shirt, so don't be too quick to judge. Once again, who gives a shit? If Mike (as if you were on a first name basis) liked George Michael, and wore his shirt 24/365, would that make me or anyone with free will run out and buy the entire mass of GM's "work?" The answer is no, no, no. I like the music Mike Portnoy makes. If Mike Portnoy makes a record, I usually, if not always, buy it. If Mike Portnoy mentions he likes a certain brand of catsup/ketchup, do I switch? Non! You wanna be a sheep, be my guest, but I still say Kiss has next to no musical integrity. I don't care if every one of my favorite bands list them as an influence. For me, Kiss was a band to like when I was 6-12 years old, and then I realized, you know, there are a hell of a lot of bands who can actually *play* their instruments. Sure, if I made it big in the music business, I would list Kiss as an influence, too, but only because they entertained me as a 7 year old boy. You can call me a music snob if you want... Kevin Madden Detroit Red Wings 1996-97 Stanley Cup Champions 38-19-15 vs. St. Louis Blues ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 20:16:22 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Carlos Alfaro) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Yanni: Tribute World Tour. Message-ID: KorgX3 wrote: > Hey, folks, > > Considering a few people on here are Yanni fans (and there are probably a > ton that aren't), I thought I'd just say that whether you think he's a cream > puff or what, any person who wants to see a handful of awesome musicians > oughtta go check him out. > > The whole show was great. It was him and his 40+ piece orchestra and has > something for everyone. > I went to see him a couple of months ago here and it was great as well...i dont normally enjoy his discs but live its a whole other experience ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:34:57 -0300 (EST) From: Rogerio Brito To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Encyclopedias, Chemistry, Bafu Vai & Progressive Rock Message-ID: On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, The iban wrote: > who is Niels Bohr?? maybe i'll find that in the progressive rock encyclopedia > =] No way, man. Just go to Britannica's site and check their on-line encyclopedia: . It's very good, IMO. BTW, Niels Bohr was one of the first scientists to give a model of what we call an atom. I don't remember details of his model, but you can surely find more about this subject on their site. You can also find out about the life of another famous chemist called Kekule and what is his connection with Bafu Vai. :-)) Go check it. :-) BTW 2, every liquit has superficial tension (depending on your ability you can put a gillette to float on the surface of a cup of water, even though iron has a much higher density than water). Don't know if this has some connection to the name of the CD, but I think that there *is* some metaphorical sense to the title, as if the artists had such a high proficiency with their instruments (which they have) and if they have some kind of "fluidity" going between them, in some kind of connection that each artist could read the mind of the others, knowing in advance what the others were thinking of at any moment. The Experiment part of the title is particularly easy to understand, since this is a side project. I don't know how far these metaphors go, and would love to hear other comments on that. But I digress. I still haven't heard this damn CD, though, just the snipped posted on the web (thank you very much, Erica). :-( BTW 3, you asked what was the address of Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock. Well, here is the URL you've been looking for: . > Rocky Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - email_address_removed.br - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito Undergraduate Computer Science Student - "Windows? Linux and X!" Bootleg/trade page: http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/bootleg.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 3683 **************************